Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care.
<h4>Background</h4> <p>A number of countries have invested in health services to provide care at home to people with a terminal illness who wish to die at home. The preferences of the general public and people with a terminal illness seem to support this, as most people indicate t...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2016
|
| _version_ | 1826304791049928704 |
|---|---|
| author | Shepperd, S Gonçalves-Bradley, D Straus, S Wee, B |
| author_facet | Shepperd, S Gonçalves-Bradley, D Straus, S Wee, B |
| author_sort | Shepperd, S |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | <h4>Background</h4> <p>A number of countries have invested in health services to provide care at home to people with a terminal illness who wish to die at home. The preferences of the general public and people with a terminal illness seem to support this, as most people indicate that they would prefer to receive end-of-life care at home.</p> <h4>Objectives</h4> <p>We systematically reviewed the literature to see if the provision of end-of-life home-based care reduced the likelihood of dying in hospital and what effect this has on patients’ and caregivers’ satisfaction and health service costs, compared with being admitted to a hospital or hospice. This is the fourth update of the original review.</p> <h4>Study characteristics</h4> <p>We searched the literature until April 2015 and found no new trials for this update. We found four trials for the previous updates.</p> <h4>Main results</h4> <p>We included four trials in our review and report that people receiving end-of-life care at home are more likely to die at home. It is unclear whether home-based end-of-life care increases or decreases the probability of being admitted to hospital. Admission to hospital while receiving home-based end-of-life care varied between trials. People who receive end-of-life care at home may be slightly more satisfied after one month and less satisfied after six months. It is unclear whether home-based end-of-life care reduces or increases caregiver burden. Healthcare costs are uncertain, and no data on costs to participants and their families were reported.</p> <h4>Authors' conclusions</h4> <p>People who receive end-of-life care at home are more likely to die at home. There were few data on the impact of home-based end-oflife services on family members and lay caregivers</p> |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-07T06:23:07Z |
| format | Journal article |
| id | oxford-uuid:f357e0f4-686b-47f9-8e5c-3c867f16cb82 |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-07T06:23:07Z |
| publishDate | 2016 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:f357e0f4-686b-47f9-8e5c-3c867f16cb822022-03-27T12:11:26ZHospital at home: home-based end-of-life care.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f357e0f4-686b-47f9-8e5c-3c867f16cb82EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2016Shepperd, SGonçalves-Bradley, DStraus, SWee, B <h4>Background</h4> <p>A number of countries have invested in health services to provide care at home to people with a terminal illness who wish to die at home. The preferences of the general public and people with a terminal illness seem to support this, as most people indicate that they would prefer to receive end-of-life care at home.</p> <h4>Objectives</h4> <p>We systematically reviewed the literature to see if the provision of end-of-life home-based care reduced the likelihood of dying in hospital and what effect this has on patients’ and caregivers’ satisfaction and health service costs, compared with being admitted to a hospital or hospice. This is the fourth update of the original review.</p> <h4>Study characteristics</h4> <p>We searched the literature until April 2015 and found no new trials for this update. We found four trials for the previous updates.</p> <h4>Main results</h4> <p>We included four trials in our review and report that people receiving end-of-life care at home are more likely to die at home. It is unclear whether home-based end-of-life care increases or decreases the probability of being admitted to hospital. Admission to hospital while receiving home-based end-of-life care varied between trials. People who receive end-of-life care at home may be slightly more satisfied after one month and less satisfied after six months. It is unclear whether home-based end-of-life care reduces or increases caregiver burden. Healthcare costs are uncertain, and no data on costs to participants and their families were reported.</p> <h4>Authors' conclusions</h4> <p>People who receive end-of-life care at home are more likely to die at home. There were few data on the impact of home-based end-oflife services on family members and lay caregivers</p> |
| spellingShingle | Shepperd, S Gonçalves-Bradley, D Straus, S Wee, B Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care. |
| title | Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care. |
| title_full | Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care. |
| title_fullStr | Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care. |
| title_short | Hospital at home: home-based end-of-life care. |
| title_sort | hospital at home home based end of life care |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT shepperds hospitalathomehomebasedendoflifecare AT goncalvesbradleyd hospitalathomehomebasedendoflifecare AT strauss hospitalathomehomebasedendoflifecare AT weeb hospitalathomehomebasedendoflifecare |